Theology of the Book of Revelation

Name: Theology of the Book of Revelation
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ISBN: 9780521356916

ISBN-10: 0521356911

ISBN-13: 9780521356916

Edition: 1993

Authors: Richard Bauckham, James D. G. Dunn

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The Book of Revelation is a work of profound theology. But its literary form makes it impenetrable to many modern readers and open to all kinds of misinterpretations. Richard Bauckham explains how the book's imagery conveyed meaning in its original context and how the book's theology is inseparable from its literary structure and composition. Revelation is seen to offer not an esoteric and encoded forecast of historical events but rather a theocentric vision of the coming of God's universal kingdom, contextualised in the late first-century world dominated by Roman power and ideology. It calls on Christians to confront the political idolatries of the time and to participate in God's purpose…

Book details

List price: $39.99
Copyright year: 1993
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 3/4/1993
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 181
Size: 5.47" wide x 8.54" long x 0.51" tall
Weight: 0.704
Language: English




Reading the Book of Revelation



The One who is and who was and who is to come



The Lamb on the throne



The victory of the Lamb and his followers



The Spirit of prophecy



The New Jerusalem



Revelation for today


For further reading


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